October 11, 1963
JFK issued National Security Action Memorandum #263, which was largely based on the recent trip to Vietnam of Defense Secretary Robert McNamara and General Maxwell…
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September 10, 1963
JFK attended a National Security Council meeting. Part of the discussion centered on Vietnam and the views of the country held by Foreign Service Officer…
September 2, 1963
JFK was interviewed by Walter Cronkhite in Hyannis, Massachusetts. The interview was on the first ever half-hour news broadcast by CBS. Cronkhite asked questions about…
August 24, 1963
JFK continued his attention on the unstable political situation in Vietnam. There was a growing consensus in the White House that Vietnamese leader Ngo Dinh…
August 15, 1963
JFK met with newly appointed ambassador to Vietnam Henry Cabot Lodge to brief him that the official position of the Kennedy administration was to defeat…
June 29, 1962
JFK’s day in the White House centered on foreign affairs. He approved the final draft of a letter to be sent to President Diem in…
May 11, 1961
JFK issued National Security Action Memorandum (NSAM) #52 directing the deployment of 400 Special Forces troops to Vietnam to aid in training the South Vietnamese…
French Vietnam
Having recently returned from an extended trip to southeast Asia, JFK gave a radio address decrying the French efforts to retain its colonial hold on…
October 15, 1951
JFK, who was traveling with his brother Robert and sister Patricia on an extended trip to the Far East, arrived in Saigon, Vietnam. [100,p.234]